Ann Winterton
Jane Ann Winterton
is the
British
Member of Parliament
for
Congleton
, and was first elected as a
Conservative
MP in
1983
. She became opposition Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in May
2002
, and was later sacked the next year for telling a racist joke involving
Pakistanis
in trains
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1969377.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1969812.stm
. In February
2004
she had the whip (i.e., her membership of the Conservative group in the Commons) removed for telling another racist joke that invoked the deaths of 20 Chinese immigrant workers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3488036.stm
. A month later, Winterton apologized for the joke. In return for the apology, the whip was restored to Winterton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3587071.stm
. However, it has been suggested that Winterton's apology was not sincere
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/post/tm_objectid=14176859&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=black-peer-and-tory-grandee-in-race-row-name_page.html
. She is married to
Nicholas Winterton
, who is also a Tory MP.
External links
ePolitix - Ann Winterton
official site
Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Ann Winterton
TheyWorkForYou.com - Ann Winterton MP
Winterton, Ann Winterton, Ann
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